Long Term Conditions

With a new question in the General Practice Patient Survey on involvement in decisions, Don Redding compares how often shared decision making happens in general practice with other care environments.

Jane Silvester shares why people who use social care services should be given care and support based on what they can already do, what they want to achieve and the help they need to live their lives in the way they want to.

What's the role of health charities in tackling the broader determinants of health? Hannah Chalmers explores on the blog.

We all know how crucial evidence is to research. Over the last year Alzheimer’s Society has been considering the evidence surrounding how it involves people affected by dementia in research.

Who is the 'core customer' of the NHS? and what matters to them when accessing healthcare?

In this blog, Natalie Koussa shares why it's important for people to have conversations about care and treatment plans at the end of life.

Alex Fox, CEO of Shared Lives Plus shares a simple solution to addressing the multiple needs of people with mental health issues.

Federico Moscogiuri has an extensive history of working in the charity sector in the UK. In this blog, he talks about the importance of care planning and having control over care in an emergency.

In this blog, Matina Loizou shares why people with long-term conditions should be entitled to free prescriptions.